Sliver (1993)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writers (WGA):

Ira Levin (novel)
Joe Eszterhas (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 May 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

You like to watch...don't you

Plot:

Sliver Heights has everything a girl could want. Panoramic views of the city, a fully functional gym...

Plot Keywords:

Building | Apartment | Apartment Building | Killer | Landlord

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Cast

Sharon Stone	...	Carly Norris
William Baldwin	...	Zeke Hawkins
Tom Berenger	...	Jack Landsford
Polly Walker	...	Vida Warren
Colleen Camp	...	Judy Marks
Amanda Foreman	...	Samantha Moore
Martin Landau	...	Alex Parsons
CCH Pounder	...	Lt. Victoria Hendrix
Nina Foch	...	Evelyn McEvoy
Keene Curtis	...	Gus Hale
Nicholas Pryor	...	Peter Farrell
Anne Betancourt	...	Jackie Kinsella
Tony Peck	...	Martin Kinsella
Frantz Turner	...	Doorman #1
Dr. Melvyn Kinder	...	Dr. Palme

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Canada:18A (Ontario) (re-rating) (2006) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (also unrated version) | Canada:R (Ontario) (original rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Singapore:R21 | Philippines:R-18 (re-rating) | Philippines:X (original rating) | Peru:18 | Norway:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

During filming, a crew was sent to Hawaii to film an active volcano for the opening credits. During the flyover, the volcano erupted, and the helicopter carrying the crew crashed. No one was killed, but all film was lost. The opening credit scene is referenced in the film by the crystal volcano in Zeke's Room.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Gus and Carly are at the grocery store, Gus doesn't pay for his item.

Quotes:

Carly Norris: You like to watch, watch this!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Women of the House: Women in Film (#1.9)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Unfinished Sympathy

Sharon Stone is convincingly vulnerable in otherwise silly film

A New York City apartment complex is beset with strange deaths and cameras everywhere; new tenant Sharon Stone is dating the mysterious owner, but could he be the killer? Based on a flimsy novel by Ira Levin (who was slumming, but that's a different story), this unappealing film wants to be both sexy crime-thriller and murder-mystery, but it is such a mess from a writer's standpoint that, in the end, all you have left are the performances, which aren't dynamic enough to carry the thing. Sharon Stone is low-keyed, perhaps a bit self-conscious, yet this works for her tentative character. Too bad the filmmakers were so concerned with exposing the killer that they lost track of this woman and her plight. Drop all the mystery, and you might have a decent character study. *1/2 from ****